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Historical Event on 9/9/1896

Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1919Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat.
3/8/1999The President formally revokes the proclamation imposing Central rule in Bihar after this was decided by the Union Cabinet earlier in the day.
8/19/1916Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
5/6/1971D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
2/1/1988The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.